"Nautilus.." Hikaru repeated while glancing towards the cityscape, looking back toward Clef when he continued. At the mention of Cephiro her usual exuberance drained from her like someone had just let the air out of a balloon. She clenched one fist before her. "I know. Cephiro, needs us." She still bore responsibility for the state that Cephiro was in now, and this time.. she wanted to save that land without having any regrets to leave behind. His words drew her back to the present. "Different?" After a pointed pause. "Different how?" With a turn she tried to look at her armor from various angles. It- looked the same to her.

"Right," With a nod of the head. "You just lead the way, and I'll tell you everything I know." Oh, say that outloud sometime. Hikaru always felt short standing next to the other girls. It didn't help that they'd mistaken her for being in a younger grade than theirs the first time they met.

Following dutifully behind him, she couldn't help looking at all the sights they passed along the way. Seeing the castle was a little jarring, since yes, she had just come from it.

"Sorry? For what?" She understood the severity of the situation, or at least she thought she did. From her perspective time was not on their side. A new pillar needed to be found, and the foreign countries made to see reason or repelled. She could understand any of his agitation on those points. "There's nothing you need to apologize for." Not even for not informing the Magic Knights of their true mission the first time. Even if she regretted what had happened to Princess Emeraude and Zagato she just couldn't... or wouldn't blame the people she had grown to know and care about in Cephiro. Especially not Clef. No, the only person she could blame...

... was herself.